"active ingredient" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: active ingredients [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} active ingredient (plural active ingredients)
  1. The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity. Wikipedia link: active ingredient Related terms: inactive ingredient Translations (component responsible of activity): 原料藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 原料药 (yuánliàoyào) (Chinese Mandarin), aktiv ingrediens [common-gender] (Danish), virksomt stof [common-gender] (Danish), werkzame stof [feminine] (Dutch), aktiivinen ainesosa (Finnish), vaikuttava aine (Finnish), δραστικό συστατικό (drastikó systatikó) [neuter] (Greek), hatóanyag (Hungarian), principio attivo [masculine] (Italian), действующее вещество (dejstvujuščeje veščestvo) (Russian), principio activo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-active_ingredient-en-noun-YLX96ebo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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